Obama reache out to Latin America critics

President Barack Obama offered a spirit of co-operation to America’s hemispheric neighbours at a summit, listening to complaints about past US meddling and even reaching out to Venezuela’s left-wing leader.

But while he worked to ease friction between the US and their countries, Mr Obama warned leaders at Trinidad’s Summit of the Americas to resist a temptation to blame all their problems on their behemoth neighbour to the north.